Image Comics details 'Butcher Baker'

Image Comics has revealed details of its upcoming title Butcher Baker The Righteous Maker.

Unveiled earlier this week, the comic has been backed by an extensive marketing campaign featuring a string of cryptic teasers.

"This one ain't for the faint of heart," said writer Joe Casey. "Butcher Baker is a sleazy, mature readers' superhero book about a semi-retired 'patriotic' superhero who gets the call for one last adventure.

"It's everything you want a superhero comic book to be. It's simultaneously iconic and subversive and a whole lot of fun."

Illustrated by Mike Huddleston, the debut issue consists of 32 pages and retails at $2.99 (£1.90). "I don't think I've ever had this much fun working on a book before," the artist added. "Joe has created a ridiculously ultra-violent and over-sexed world unlike anything anyone has read before. It's intense."

Butcher Baker The Righteous Maker arrives in stores on March 30, 2011.